Andre Dickson is angry that the parking restrictions could mean both he and his partially disabled wife will have to park their vehicles elsewhere.

“My wife Christina isn’t as able bodied as she used to be and relies on the car more than ever. If they go ahead with these double yellow lines we will have to park further down the road in front of someone else’s house.

“We don’t want to get into that situation, we’ve lived here for three and a half years and have never seen an accident happen on the junction.

“I agree it is a difficult junction to negotiate, but with cars parked there the traffic is naturally slowed down, which aids people’s approach.

“The problem occurs when our vehicles are not outside the house as it’s then that you see cars tearing round the corner.”

Andre contacted the council after he heard rumours of the double yellow peril outside his house.

“I was advised that double yellow lines would be painted there. When we first moved in I spoke to my local police officer Stuart Ross, who advised me that having the vehicles parked near the junction assisted traffic calming and stopped people speeding round the corner,” he said.

“Since then we’ve looked at lots of options as we’re willing to compromise with either a 20mph speed limit or speed bumps, but both ideas were dismissed by the council.”

The traffic committee has now arranged a meeting at the Dicksons’ house next Wednesday along with council engineers to discuss the matter further and hopefully come to an agreement.